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Mankaleverby Ali MacKisackillustrated by Flavia SorrentinoPAIREDREADFrom Bee to YouFolktaleProgram:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2 W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60CV_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 2CV_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 22/02/12 4:49 PM2/02/12 4:49 PMASTRATEGIES&SKILLSWord Count:2,949*The total word count is based on words in the running text and headings only.Numerals and words in captions,labels,diagrams,charts,and sidebars are not included.ComprehensionStrategy:Make PredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabulary StrategyPersonificationVocabulary assuring,detected,emerging,gratitude,guidance,outcome,previous,pursuitContent StandardsSciencePhysical ScienceProgram:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2 W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means,or stored in a database or retrieval system,without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.,including,but not limited to,network storage or transmission,or broadcast for distance learning.Send all inquiries to:McGraw-Hill EducationTwo Penn PlazaNew York,New York 10121ISBN:978-0-02-118723-2MHID:0-02-118723-1Printed in the United States.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DOC 15 14 13 12 11 10IFCIBC_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 2IFCIBC_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 23/02/12 8:23 AM3/02/12 8:23 AMPAIREDREADChapter 1Riches and Riddles .2Chapter 2Clever Solutions.6Chapter 3That Which Is Held Most Dear.11Respond to Reading.16From Bee to You.17 Focus on Genre.20Essential QuestionWhen has a plan helped you accomplish a task?Mankaleverby Ali MacKisackillustrated by Flavia SorrentinoProgram:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 1001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 13/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AMThere was once a laborer who was very poor.He was also humble,hardworking,and as honest as the day is long.He lived in a small cottage on the edge of a village with his daughter,Manka.He had no wife,and she had no mother,because some years earlier,the humble laborer s wife had died of a fever.Although they were poor and had only each other,Manka and her father were very happy together and found each other good company.The laborer worked for other people,plowing their fields,tending stock,or making repairs to carts and barns.He was given meat or grain,or sometimes an animal as payment.Once,the laborer agreed to plow a rich farmer s fields in return for a cow.He very much wanted to own a cow.It would provide him with milk,and in time,a calf to sell.The man worked from sunup until sundown every day,plowing the hard earth in preparation for planting.When he had finished,he looked at the plowed fields and was very pleased with his work.So off he went to the rich farmer to fetch his cow.CHAPTER 1 iches and iddles2Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 2001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 23/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AMUnfortunately,the rich farmer was a greedy and unfair man.When the humble laborer came to ask for his payment,the farmer sent him away.The farmer said that since the laborer had done such a terrible job,he would pay him only one small sack of grain.Tired and frustrated,the laborer returned home.When his daughter,Manka,saw him coming down the road,she ran outside.“Father,you have finished plowing,but where is our cow?”she called out.“There is no cow,my daughter,”replied the man.“The farmer has said my plowing was poor.Yet I know my work was done well:my plow dug deep and true,and the rocks I unearthed have been piled high.”“Father,this is a matter for the mayor,”said Manka.“Too many times this man has cheated people like us out of our fair earnings.Let s go to the mayor and ask his opinion.”Manka was a clever young woman.She was also as honest as her father and very determined.3Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 3001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 33/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AMNow,the mayor was young and new to his job.He was not from the town and did not know much about the people and their ways.When the humble laborer and the rich farmer came before him,he did not make a judgment right away.Not wanting to look foolish or make a mistake,he said,“Rather than deciding on this case today,I will give you a riddle.Whoever provides the best answer to this riddle shall win the case.The riddle has three parts:What is the fastest thing in the world?What is the sweetest thing in the world?And what is the richest?I will meet you here tomorrow to hear your answers and to decide who shall have this cow.”The rich farmer went home furious.“What a ridiculous man this new mayor is,”he said to his wife.“A mayor is meant to provide sound guidance and leadership,but instead he sends us home with riddles.”And he told his wife what the mayor had said.4Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 4001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 43/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AM“Why,husband,we shall keep our cow,for those questions are simple indeed,”cried his wife.“Our gray mare is the fastest thing in the world,for you know that no one is able to pass her on the road.As for the sweetest,that surely must be honey from our beesthey collect only the very best nectar in our orchard from which to make their honey.And the richest thing in the world is a chest full of gold.”The wife smiled.“Don t worry,my husband,”she said.“Tell the mayor these things when you appear before him tomorrow,and he will most certainly rule in your favor.”The rich farmer was greatly cheered because he knew that his wife was right.Meanwhile,the poor laborer headed home feeling burdened by the task of answering the mayor s riddle.When at last he arrived at their cottage,he told Manka what the mayor had said.Manka smiled and told him not to worry,assuring him that she would have the answers for him by morning.Then Manka placed his dinner before him.She talked happily of how rich their life would become after tomorrow,when the cow would be theirs at last.5Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 5001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 53/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AMThe following morning,the two men appeared before the mayor again.“Do you have your answers for me?”he asked.“Sir,”the rich man said,smiling,“here are the answers you seek.Our gray mare is the fastest thing in the world,for no one can pass her.The sweetest is surely the honey from our bees,and the richest is a chest full of gold.”“Very good,”replied the mayor.“But before I grant you the cow,let us hear what this humble laborer has to say.”The laborer stood awkwardly before the mayor.“Sir,”he said,“it seems to me that the fastest thing in this world is thought,for a thought can fly from one place to another in the blink of an eye.The sweetest thing is sleep,for what could be sweeter for a tired man than to get some rest after a long day s work?And the richest thing is the earth itself,for from the earth come all the things we need to sustain life.”“Well spoken,man,”said the mayor.“And I believe that you are right.The cow is yours.”The humble laborer returned home delighted with this outcome.He was full of gratitude,not only for the mayor s ruling,but also for the cleverness of his daughter,Manka.The mayor was intrigued by the laborer s answer.He had not expected a humble man to come up with such clever answers.He called the laborer back and asked him how he had come up with his response to the riddle.When the mayor found out that it was the man s daughter who had provided the answers,he was even more intrigued.He immediately set a new challenge for the clever girl.CHAPTER 2 lever Solutions6Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 6001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 63/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AM“Take these 10 eggs to your daughter and tell her to have them hatched by tomorrow,”he said.“Then in the evening,bring the chicks to me.”So the humble laborer took the eggs and headed home,wondering how his clever daughter would respond to this latest challenge.Manka laughed when he arrived home and told her what the mayor had said.She took a bag of corn and filled one of her father s pockets with the kernels.“Tomorrow morning,take this corn to the mayor,”she said.“Tell him to plant the kernels,grow them,and harvest them before nightfall.Only if he is successful in this pursuit shall I bring him the chicks,because then they shall have corn that they can eat.”The laborer did as his daughter told him.When the mayor heard Manka s response,he laughed.He asked the laborer more questions about his daughter.Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:607001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 7001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 73/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AMOnce he had detected that she was not only clever and good company but also hardworking,the mayor decided that she was the kind of girl he would like to marry.But just to be sure,he set Manka one last challenge.“Your daughter sounds like just the kind of girl that I would like to have as my wife,”he told the humble laborer.“Tell Manka that if she would be willing to consider me for a husband,then she can show me this by doing one last thing.Tell her to come to me neither walking nor riding,neither dressed nor undressed,and bringing a gift that is not a gift,”he continued.“If she is able to do these things,then I should like to marry her.”The laborer rushed home,pleased by the thought that his daughter might make such a good marriage and live a much easier life than the one he was able to give her.Manka too was pleased by such a prospect.She had met the mayor once before and thought him a fine man who would make a good husband.She thought about the riddle for a while,then told her father of the plan that was emerging in her head.Together they set about gathering what she needed.First,they collected the cow from the rich farmer.Next,they bought a large,old net from a fisherman.Finally,they borrowed a neighbor s dove and put it in a box.Manka arrived at the mayor s house the very next morning.She was draped over the cow with her feet dragging along the road,neither walking nor riding.Wrapped many times in the fishnet,she was neither dressed nor undressed.And when the mayor opened the box,the dove flew away.8Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 8001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 83/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AMProgram:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:609001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 9001_009_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 93/02/12 8:25 AM3/02/12 8:25 AMLaughing,the mayor took Manka s hand.“They are certainly true,then,the good things your father has told me about you,”he said.“Come and be my wife and live with me,Manka.”Manka happily accepted the mayor s proposal.“There is just one thing I must insist on,however,”the mayor continued.“Clever as you are,I do not want you involved in the decisions I make as mayor unless I ask for your help.If you do not respect this,I shall ask you to return to your father s house.It is no small matter for a mayor s decisions to be questioned by his own family.”Manka promised to do as he asked,and a short time later,they were married.For a while,they were very happy together.10Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 10010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 103/02/12 8:27 AM3/02/12 8:27 AMWith Manka at his side,the mayor became well known as a fair and honest decision maker.He often talked about his business with Manka before he made his judgment.Yet there were still times when he was tired and in a hurry and did not think matters through properly before making a decision.One such instance occurred when two men came to ask the mayor to settle their dispute.The men had been taking part in a livestock fair in the town.One man had been selling oxen,and the other had been selling mares.During the night,a young foal had wandered away from the mare s pen and become lost.In the morning,the man selling oxen had found the foal sleeping,curled up beside an ox.Each man claimed that the foal belonged to him.Tired and in a hurry,the mayor announced,“The foal belongs to the man whose pen it was found in.”Then he waved the men away.hat hich s eld Most DearCHAPTER 311Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 11010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 113/02/12 8:27 AM3/02/12 8:27 AMManka overheard her husband s ruling and thought that it was unfair.She felt sorry for the man who owned the mare.Breaking her promise not to meddle in her husband s affairs,she slipped out of the house and beckoned the man to come to her.When he did,she quickly whispered some advice in his ear.The man smiled at her clever plan and nodded his head.When the mayor left his house the next day,he was surprised to see the man he d ruled against the previous day standing in the middle of the dusty road with a fishnet.Again and again,the man cast the net in front of him and then pulled it inas if he were fishing.Puzzled,the mayor stopped.“Sir,”he said,“what is it that you are trying to do?How is it that you think you will catch a fish in your net while standing upon a dusty road?”12Program:CR 14Component:LRG5 U2W4 BPDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 12010_016_CR14_LR_G5_U2W4L60_B_118723.indd 123/02/12 8:27 AM3/02/12 8:27 AMThe man dragged his net in one more time.Then he turned and replied,“I have just as much chance of catching a fish on this dusty road as an ox has of giving birth to a foal.”The mayor recognized the logic of what the man said.He realized that his previous decision had been unjust,and he changed his ruling.But as he did so,he felt sorrow put cold hands upon his heart.By the cleverness of the man s actions,the mayor knew that Manka had been involved and had broken her promise to him.Reluctantly he returned to his house,where Manka was waiting for him.“Was it you who instructed this man to cast his net in the road?”he asked quietly.“Yes,”she answered honestly.“Manka,my wife,”he said,“you are a good wife and we have been very happy together.However,you have done the one thing I asked you never to do.For this,I must insist that you return to your father s house.I do not want you to be left with nothing,though,so you may take the one thing from this house that you hold most dear.Take it and return to your father s house,for you can no longer be my wife.”With a heavy heart,Manka agreed.She knew she had broken